The Young Ones

[Rick in Salt Lake]

Just finished watching the first episode of The Young Ones. Yikes.

Try and think of it as a comedy portal that you could only successfully travel thru in the '80s.

You might be right, Christina. I remember really, really liking "The Young Ones" back when it was aired on MTV in the '80's. Espeically the episode with the potion that turns all who consume it into axe-weilding, homicidal maniacs. But I suspect I wouldn't find the show that great nowadays and go back to "The Mighty Boosh"...

[Rick in Salt Lake]

I like The Young Ones because its absurd and it has musical guests. Madness appeared twice. They invented Ska, right?

Yup, and they did so just a few, short years before Green Day invented punk...

[dave from knoxville]

I just remember how much we used to like to shout "HANDS UP WHO LIKES ME" at any opportunity.

[Denim Gremlin]

I fucking adore The Young Ones. I can't understand all this dislike for them here. I don't know how any sincere S&W-phile could not love the Young Ones.

 I think it's way more smart and sophisticated than it seems on the surface and that adds a whole extra layer of humor. It's absurd cartoon mayhem and violence perfectly married with subtle social, political and class satire. plus growing up as a young punk wanna be anarchist dumbdumb, I relate to Rick in more ways than I should ever want to.

any one watch any of Rick Mayell and Adrian Edmonson's other stuff? Bottom? Flithy Rich and Catflap? The Dangerous Brothers?

here's a clip of pre young ones dangerous brothers stand up

Comic Strip Club-The Dangerous Brother (1980)

[Sarah]

Hey, I adore The Young Ones and said so, damn it! 

Have you watched The Comic Strip Presents . . ., KC?

[Steve of Bloomington]

Please, People's Poet, don't die!

[Denim Gremlin]

Hey, I adore The Young Ones and said so, damn it! 

Have you watched The Comic Strip Presents . . ., KC?

I'm sorry for not excepting you from that tirade Sarah. you're one of the good ones.

I've never really watched the comic strip presents. i'm gonna check it out.

I found that dangerous brothers clip from watching this thing called Bottom: 25 Years of Mindless Violence

[Sarah]

Oh, you have treats ahead of you. 

[Steeley Chris]

I fucking adore The Young Ones. I can't understand all this dislike for them here. I don't know how any sincere S&W-phile could not love the Young Ones.

 I think it's way more smart and sophisticated than it seems on the surface and that adds a whole extra layer of humor. It's absurd cartoon mayhem and violence perfectly married with subtle social, political and class satire. plus growing up as a young punk wanna be anarchist dumbdumb, I relate to Rick in more ways than I should ever want to.

any one watch any of Rick Mayell and Adrian Edmonson's other stuff? Bottom? Flithy Rich and Catflap? The Dangerous Brothers?

here's a clip of pre young ones dangerous brothers stand up

Comic Strip Club-The Dangerous Brother (1980)

At age 22 I looked just like Vyvyan (cuffed blue jeans, boots, jean jacket with the sleeves cut off w/ pyramid studs and a back patch, red hair) minus the trihawk and the stars in my forehead. And THEN I saw The Young Ones. It was like looking into a mirror.
I'm a fan of Bottom, too.

[mackro]

Surely the first poster is long gone, but the Young Ones episodes get better as it goes along.  The momentum wasn't quite there until the end of Season 1, imho.

[Alex_from_the_woods]

After Bambi, watch Sick. I don't remember the name of the episode, but the one where Rik accidentally kills Neil and plants him in the garden is pretty good.

I loved The Young Ones when it was running on MTV is the 80. Not sure if it was that great or that certain things in my bloodstream made it seem great. Anyhoo- it's funny but the one episode I also remember being hilarious was the one where Neil dies. I remember Rik writing an ode to Neil (of course he would) that began "Neil, Neil, Orange peel...". I also remember them ending up resurrecting him but to Rik's horror- they ended up with multiple Neils.

[Steve of Bloomington]

After Bambi, watch Sick. I don't remember the name of the episode, but the one where Rik accidentally kills Neil and plants him in the garden is pretty good.

I loved The Young Ones when it was running on MTV is the 80. Not sure if it was that great or that certain things in my bloodstream made it seem great. Anyhoo- it's funny but the one episode I also remember being hilarious was the one where Neil dies. I remember Rik writing an ode to Neil (of course he would) that began "Neil, Neil, Orange peel...". I also remember them ending up resurrecting him but to Rik's horror- they ended up with multiple Neils.

We plant the seed...nature grows the seed...we eat the seed!

[JonFromMaplewood]

The Young Ones used to make me laugh but does not any more.  But it is still a great show despite my changing tastes.

Motorhead's appearance was an almost religious experience for me as a 21-year-old.

[cron]

I enjoy the idea and general anarchic aesthetic of this show more than actually watching it most of the time.  It's not... bad at all, but it doesn't actually make me laugh that often.  And Alexei Sayle flat out sucks. 

I do think that the "Bambi" episode stands out as truly great.

[Steve of Bloomington]

Alexei Sayle does pretty much suck. I wondered would I appreciate him at some later stage in life when I was watching the show in my mid-to-late teens, but it's safe to say that's not going to happen.